Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	see_v	time_n	write_v	5,167	5	5.1624	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52454	Northampton in flames, or, Poem on the dreadful fire that happened there on Monday the 20th Septemb. 1675.		1675 (1675)	Wing N1291; ESTC R5340	2,599	1

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